22 Jump Street (2014)

22 Jump Street Synopsis

After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.

It appears that Ghostbusters won’t be the only popular property from the 1980’s getting a gender-adjusted adaptation. 21 Jump Street could see yet another cinematic iteration, this time with an all female cast.

It’s not very often we hear about the plot of a silly buddy cop comedy happening in real life. But, as it turns out members of a Houston-area narcotics task force played similar roles as Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum in their action comedy 21 Jump Street.

22 Jump Street was one crazy production. When you have the dynamic duo of Phil Lord and Chris Miller at the helm, shenanigans are expected. What wasn’t, though, was that time these two torched the end zone of a football field. But it’s cool, ‘cause it was an accident.

Ridiculous as it may sound, there is actually a possibility that a 21 Jump Street/Men In Black crossover movie may actually get made at Sony Pictures. It sounded crazy when this idea first found its way online last month, but apparently it's very real concept and one that writer/directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have confirmed to be in development.

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I’m legitimately comforted by the fact that the ultra-serious dude from Foxcatcher -- the guy who appears like he could snap my neck like a twig – sends hilariously pompous emails to his friends and colleagues when he’s experiencing a true upbeat moment in his professional life.

The Wall Street Journal shares a few details, even though nothing is set in stone. They say that Men In Black stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones “would not be included in the movie, at least in prominent roles.” They also dangle the tease that Jump Street geniuses Phil Lord and Chris Miller would produce this mash up event, and “may direct it.”

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have been talking about 23 Jump Street. And while they have admitted that it is currently in development, they are still a little cagey about it actually making it to the big screen.

Summer sequels took the top three spots this weekend, with newcomer Think Like A Man Too banking number one with $30 million. That's down slightly from the opening weekend of its predecessor which earned a $33 million debut two years ago.

22 Jump Street is as much a follow-up to 21 Jump Street as it is a movie about how Hollywood actually treats and develops sequels. Playing in the same field as Gremlins 2: The New Batch and Airplane 2: The Sequel, the film never misses an opportunity to make some kind of meta gag or reference, be it the fancy new headquarters that can be afforded thanks to an increased budget or the fact that Jenko and Schmidt have to track down the source of yet another synthetic drug because of how well things worked out last time.

There were a series of gags in the extremely meta comedy that were a little too "on the nose." It was almost as if jokes about Tracy Morgan and a particular, homophobic slur were included to capitalize on recent news stories. I mean, some of these were just TOO coincidental.

Two sequels to two popular movies went head to head this weekend. One was after the rated-R crowd, the other after the family friendly folks, but there was still one that was expected to come out on top. It didn't.

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We have a couple of sequels coming out this week. Typically, the sequel culture dictates a pre-determined drop in quality from the original. But not this week. We have two sequels coming out that may each be better than the first. Tatum and Hill head to college and more dragons get trained.

Presumably set fairly early in the movie, this clip features Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Tatum) moving into their new college dorm room and meeting their neighbors across the hall, played by twin stand-up comedians Keith and Kenny Lucas.

Excluding all of the various pieces of counter-programming, the summer season in Hollywood is really about three major things: blockbuster action spectacles, family movies, and R-rated comedies. This weekend we will see our first example of the third category hit theaters, as Nick Stoller's Neighbors will be rolling out, but there are still a few more big ones coming down the pike, including 22 Jump Street.

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Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, 22 Jump Street picks up right after the events of the first movie and finds partners Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) stepping up their detective game and heading off to do an undercover mission at the local college (which is bizarrely called Metropolitan City State).

Late last year, I was invited with a small group of other film journalists to fly down to New Orleans, LA where we had the chance to not only visit the set of 22 Jump Street, but also talk to the actors and filmmakers involved while also watching the production in action.

You’d think that the success of The LEGO Movie would be enough for directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, but in just a few months the directors will be bringing us their second feature of the year, 22 Jump Street… and from the look at the footage that was shown at CinemaCon we should be in for yet another real treat.

The best news we can share about 22 Jump Street is that it will be directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the masterminds behind the initial, successful reboot who also are riding an incredible high thanks to their take on The LEGO Movie, which currently is burning up local multiplexes.

Picking up where the last film left off, 22 Jump Street finds Jenko (Tatum) and Schmidt (Hill) taking their brothers McQuaid act to college where they once again have to sniff out the suppliers of a popular new drug. Problems arise, however, when Jenko joins the football team and becomes friends with the college QB (Wyatt Russell) and Schmidt becomes close with the bohemian art major scene.

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Is everybody ready to get white boy wasted again on another trailer for Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s upcoming sequel 22 Jump Street? I hope you like your F-bombs completely eradicated, because this relatively cleaner green band preview replaces some of the racier red banded bits with some new footage, though not much. And seriously, we still hear “ass” four times and “bitch” once, so it’s not like this is still suitable for all audiences.

Christmas has come early with a red band trailer for 22 Jump Street! Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill reprise their roles as Jenko and Schmidt for this sequel to the reboot 1980s series 21 Jump Street, and the new promo has none other than Nick Offerman explaining its unlikely title as Deputry Chief Hardy.

Jenko and Schmidt are returning to theaters for another adventure of undercover cops busting students. But in the improbably named 22 Jump Street, they graduate (metaphorically) from high school to college.

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Based on a script developed by Hill and Michael Bacall, 22 Jump Street picks up where the first movie left off and finds partners Jenko (Tatum) and Schmidt (Hill) continuing their undercover work at the local university. On the job the partners end up getting separated, the former joining the football team and the latter falling into the art major clique, and must work to both solve the cast and remain friends.

Not many story details have been released about the film, but we do know that Jenko and Schmidt have graduated from high school and are now going undercover on a college campus, immersing themselves in the lifestyle. As they complete their mission they question their partnership and must try to have an adult relationship.

The final scene of Phil Lord and Chris Miller's 21 Jump Street flat-out told us where main characters Jenko (Channing Tatum) and Schmidt (Jonah Hill) would be going in the sequel, Ice Cube's Captain Dickson informing the duo that their next undercover assignment would be at the local college. Since then, however, we haven't heard any more details about the plot... that is, until now.

We don't know much bout the plot of the sequel, though it has been confirmed that the series will pick up from the end of the last movie and see undercover cops Jenko and Schmidt work a case at the local college. Given Dickson's position as the two police officer's boss, it makes plenty of sense that Ice Cube would reprise his role.

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Details about the plot are limited, though it is known that the film will be graduating Jenko (Channing Tatum) and Schmidt (Hill) from high school and having them move on to college. At this time it's unknown who else from the cast of the first movie will be reprising their roles.

When you think about the ridiculous behind the scenes problems that Men In Black III had, the movie itself is actually not that bad. The story is fairly stupid and there are some gaping plot holes, but the whole thing is kept together by the never-yielding charisma of Will Smith and the spot-on Tommy Lee Jones impression by Josh Brolin.

Last year the comedy 21 Jump Street found an incredible amount of success being released in March. Opening at number one on its first weekend with a take of $36 million, the movie eventually went on to make $138 million domestically and $201 million worldwide. It proved there is a huge audience for the buddy cop pairing of Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill, so now Sony is letting them compete in the big leagues: the summer.

Moretz also added that they are looking to begin filming in either September or October of this year, looking for a release in the summer of 2014, now that it knows it can hang with the big blockbuster releases. The producer says the sequel will follow the promise of the first film’s final scene, and puts Jenko and Schmidt into college.

21 Jump Street was not just one of the most critically-acclaimed comedies of 2012, but a true hit at the box office. Made for only $42 million, the film was able to bank over $100 million at the US box office, and worldwide totaled over $200 million.

Even before 21 Jump Street made its debut at SXSW last spring, Jonah Hill admitted Columbia Pictures had given him and his co-writer Michael Bacall the greenlight to pen a sequel. At the time, it seemed a presumptuous move as a comedy based on an '80s cop drama about two undercover narcs posing as high school students didn't seem all that promising. But Hill and co-star Channing Tatum won over audiences and critics alike.